Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries

Joyeeta Gupta; Diana Liverman; Klaudia Prodani; Paulina Aldunce; Xuemei Bai; Wendy Broadgate; Daniel Ciobanu; Lauren Gifford; Chris Gordon; Margot Hurlbert; Cristina Y.A. Inoue; Lisa Jacobson; Norichika Kanie; Steven J. Lade; Timothy M. Lenton; David Obura; Chukwumerije Okereke; Ilona M. Otto; Laura Pereira; Johan Rockström; Joeri Scholtens; Juan Rocha; Ben Stewart-Koster; J. David Tàbara; Crelis Rammelt; Peter H. Verburg

doi:10.1038/s41893-023-01064-1

Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries

Joyeeta Gupta
, Diana Liverman
, Klaudia Prodani
, Paulina Aldunce
, Xuemei Bai
, Wendy Broadgate
, Daniel Ciobanu
, Lauren Gifford
, Chris Gordon
, Margot Hurlbert
, Cristina Y.A. Inoue
, Lisa Jacobson
, Norichika Kanie
, Steven J. Lade
, Timothy M. Lenton
, David Obura
, Chukwumerije Okereke
, Ilona M. Otto
, Laura Pereira
, Johan Rockström

Joeri Scholtens, Juan Rocha, Ben Stewart-Koster, J. David Tàbara, Crelis Rammelt, Peter H. Verburg

Sch Geography, Dev & Environ

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Abstract

Living within planetary limits requires attention to justice as biophysical boundaries are not inherently just. Through collaboration between natural and social scientists, the Earth Commission defines and operationalizes Earth system justice to ensure that boundaries reduce harm, increase well-being, and reflect substantive and procedural justice. Such stringent boundaries may also affect ‘just access’ to food, water, energy and infrastructure. We show how boundaries may need to be adjusted to reduce harm and increase access, and challenge inequality to ensure a safe and just future for people, other species and the planet. Earth system justice may enable living justly within boundaries.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	630-638
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nature Sustainability
Volume	6
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01064-1
State	Published - Jun 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Global and Planetary Change
Food Science
Geography, Planning and Development
Ecology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Urban Studies
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Prodani, K., Aldunce, P., Bai, X., Broadgate, W., Ciobanu, D., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Kanie, N., Lade, S. J., Lenton, T. M., Obura, D., Okereke, C., Otto, I. M., Pereira, L., ... Verburg, P. H. (2023). Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries. Nature Sustainability, 6(6), 630-638. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01064-1

Gupta, J, Liverman, D, Prodani, K, Aldunce, P, Bai, X, Broadgate, W, Ciobanu, D, Gifford, L, Gordon, C, Hurlbert, M, Inoue, CYA, Jacobson, L, Kanie, N, Lade, SJ, Lenton, TM, Obura, D, Okereke, C, Otto, IM, Pereira, L, Rockström, J, Scholtens, J, Rocha, J, Stewart-Koster, B, David Tàbara, J, Rammelt, C & Verburg, PH 2023, 'Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries', Nature Sustainability, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 630-638. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01064-1

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